Brian Lamanna
Founder & CEO
BotSpan, Inc.
Brian is a Certified Safety Professional with 20 years of experience across some of the most progressive and hazardous industrial environments in the world. He built BotSpan to help organizations safely integrate robotics into their facility.
Experience
Founder & CEO
BotSpan, Inc.
Building the leading independent robot safety compliance consultancy in North America.
Safety Director & Design Safety Lead
Amazon
Led safety programs across large-scale fulfillment operations where AMRs, AGVs, and robotic sorters operate alongside thousands of workers. Managed design safety reviews and operational safety compliance at scale across multiple facilities.
Robotics Safety
Disney
Safety compliance for consumer-facing robotic systems: animatronics, autonomous entertainment robots, and human-robot interaction in public environments with untrained guests of all ages. The highest-stakes HRI environment that exists.
Senior Training Specialist & Safety Manager
Freeport-McMoRan — 10 Years
A decade in one of the world's largest mining operations, developing and delivering safety training programs, managing safety systems, and overseeing compliance in confined space, explosive atmosphere, and heavy equipment environments across multiple sites.
Safety Leadership
Oil & Gas · Manufacturing · Construction
Cross-industry safety leadership spanning oil and gas process safety (HAZWOPER, NEC 500), manufacturing cobot integration and machine guarding, and construction fall protection under 29 CFR 1926.
Credentials & Certifications
Certified Safety Professional
CSP — Board of Certified Safety Professionals
OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainer
General Industry & Construction — 10-Hour and 30-Hour
Confined Space Trainer
Permit-Required & Non-Permit Confined Space Entry
Fall Protection Qualified Person
ANSI/ASSP Z359 — Fall Protection Systems
Rigging & Material Handling
Overhead Crane, Rigging Inspection & Operations
Machine Safety
Safeguarding, LOTO, Interlocks & Risk Assessment
TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis
Advanced Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis
OHSAS 18001 Auditor
Occupational Health & Safety Management System Auditor
Radiation Safety Officer
RSO — Ionizing Radiation Safety & Compliance
FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot IN PROGRESS
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)
CMSE® Certified Machinery Safety Expert IN PROGRESS
TÜV SÜD — Machinery Safety Engineering
Education
M.S. Occupational Health & Safety
Graduate Degree
B.S. Criminal Justice Administration
Undergraduate Degree
Industry Experience
Mining (Freeport-McMoRan)
Amazon Fulfillment
Disney
Oil & Gas
Manufacturing
Construction
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Scott Bishop
Partner
BotSpan, Inc.
Scott is a Certified Safety Professional with over 18 years of leadership experience across construction, oil and gas, national security, and large-scale logistics operations. He specializes in building and scaling safety programs in high-risk, complex environments, with a focus on robotics-integrated operations.
Experience
Partner
BotSpan, Inc.
Bringing operational safety leadership and scalable program development to BotSpan's industrial safety consulting practice.
Regional Safety Director
Large-Scale Logistics & Fulfillment
Led regional safety strategy across multiple high-volume facilities supporting over 18,000 employees. Directed a team of more than 100 safety professionals and partnered with senior executives to design, implement, and enforce safety systems at scale.
Safety Program Leadership
Heavy Construction & Energy Infrastructure
Led safety programs on projects exceeding $500 million, managed global safety initiatives across hundreds of sites and personnel, and supported highly regulated operations including work at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Robotics & Automation Safety
Automated Operations
Led the development of safety standards, training programs, and operational controls for environments where humans and machines interact in real time. Focused on closing the gap between engineering design and real-world operations.
What Scott Delivers
- Robotics Safety & Human-Machine Interaction Risk Assessments
- Safety Program Development for Automated and High-Throughput Operations
- OSHA Compliance Audits and Regulatory Readiness
- Incident Reduction Strategy and Root Cause Analysis Systems
- Leadership and Operator Safety Training Programs
- Pre-Launch Safety Design Review and Operational Readiness Support
- Scalable Safety Systems for Multi-Site and Rapid Growth Environments
Who Scott Works With
- Organizations deploying robotics, automation, or advanced material handling systems
- Operations leaders responsible for safety, compliance, and performance
- Engineering and design teams seeking real-world safety validation
- Companies scaling rapidly and needing durable, executable safety systems
Education
M.S. Construction Management
Graduate Degree
Credentials
Certified Safety Professional
CSP — Board of Certified Safety Professionals
Industry Experience
Large-Scale Logistics
Heavy Construction
Oil & Gas
National Security
Energy Infrastructure
Automated Operations